Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID WALLING, OF GARRETTSVILLE, NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,214, dated November 22, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID IVALLING, of Garrettsville, in the county of Otsego, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Washing and Wringing Clot-hes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, represents a vertical horizontal section taken through the machine showing the several parts arranged for operation. Fig. 2, is a transverse vertical section taken through the machine as indicated by the red line of Fig. l. Figs. 3 and at, are views of my improved wringer.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The nature of my invention consists in a peculiar arrangement of levers and weighted arms with a vibrating dash-board or beater, and a fixed vibrating dasher, so that the operation of cleansing the clothes is effected with very little manual labor, so much so that a child may operate the machine with perfect ease.

In the drawings A represents a quadrilateral box for containing the soap and water. On each end of this box is a vertical standard B with horizontal brackets C, C, from the ends of which are suspended weighted arms D D. These arms are fixed in a shaft E which is jointed to the brackets D D by a hook and eye, so that the arms may rock back and forth freely. From the center of the shaft E proceeds an arm F which is connected to a one limb of a right angular lever G, by a pitman H. This right angular lever is pivoted to a vertical post I and operated by a hand lever J and is connected to the vibrating dash-board K by a rod a.

The dash board K is suspended between two arms Z) b and hung upon a round cross piece C which is fixed between the standards B. The dash boards consist of a number of vertical bars, set a suitable distance apart, which are made to strike the clothes and compress them against a dash-board M which is filled with perforations, and which is pivoted to the bottom of the wash box A, the upper end being free to vibrate wit-.h the dash-board K, they being connected together by a rope or chain (l so that they will both operate simultaneously.

e is a button placed on the top of the dasher M for regulating its motion so as to adapt the machine for large or small garments, or for any bulk of garments.

Vhen the clothes have been thoroughly cleansed with this machine one end of a garment is placed between the two pins g, g, and lever N brought down and held firmly, which confines the garment securely by this end. The other end of the garment is passed through a cylindrical portion f which is free to rotate in the end of an inclined board P. This cylindrical portion has a piece h projecting from its end, and also a crank R which confines the garment against piece 71,; andas the crank is rotated the garment is twisted until all the water is wrung out of it. The board P is similar to the ordinary wash board the legs of which, being made tapering fit under pins which project from the standards B so as to secure it upon top of the wash box; the inclined surface of this board carries the water wrung from the clothes back into the tub.

Wy wringer it will be seen is exceedingly simple, consisting only of a cylindrical shell with an annular groove in it for confining it to the end of the board P, and a crank for locking the ends of the garments, and atl the same time serving to rotate the cylindrical piece for wringing them. This board P may be removed from the machine when not in use. The clamp for holding the clothes while being wrung is simply a lever attached to the vibrating dasher as above described which is held down by one hand while the other operates the crank.

Vhat- I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The combination of weighted arms D, D, jointed connecting rod H, angular lever G, rod a, vibrating dash board K, and dash board M when the same are all arranged and operate as set forth.

DAVID VALLING.

Witnesses:

WM. H. WHITE, Z. C. CHURCH. 

